Hoochie mama elk call.
09-29-2010, 12:17 AM
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 797
Yeah go ahead and have everybody and their brother blasting out calls from opening weekend on and see how many bulls you get that's bigger than a 4x4 raghorn. Maybe in a limited draw unit. People over call and don't let the situation dictate the calling. Educate the elk some more I like it, means bigger bulls next year.
09-29-2010, 01:26 AM
#22
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 797
Come back to apologize didn't mean to sound gruff. So many hunters are going into the woods calling all day long walking around with a call stuck in their mouth tooting it like a boy with his first whistle. In a lot of area's I think calls are overused and abused. I've seen hunters calling in an open field and then talking afterwards. Insanity I tell ya. I've called in my fair share of elk but over the last ten years I've just shut my call up and went to the elk with a lot better results. Being in a OTC unit elk have became very wise to calling. The best thing still going is a reed if you can manage it. Plus it's hands free.
A lot of hunters should have someone audio tape them. I've heard a lot of elephants in the woods lately.
A lot of hunters should have someone audio tape them. I've heard a lot of elephants in the woods lately.
09-29-2010, 05:24 AM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Elizabeth Colo. USA
Posts: 4,413
No apology needed here. I just know that our group of 5 killed 4 bulls this archery season, in an OTC unit even. Smallest was a 5x5 and the largest a 325" 6x6. I'll admit that only 2 off them were killed when they came to the calls, but we got results none the less and as warm as it was this year, I think we did pretty good.
Also, we hunt hard and put a lot of days in the forest. The 2 guys from out of state only hunted 10 days, I hunted 12 days, and the other two hunted 16 days each which helps in the success department.
Also, we hunt hard and put a lot of days in the forest. The 2 guys from out of state only hunted 10 days, I hunted 12 days, and the other two hunted 16 days each which helps in the success department.
09-30-2010, 05:44 AM
#24
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 30
I have called in a couple bulls just calling with the HM but have had more success using the HM and a mouth call just like some of the others on this site. But I would never discount the Call but that is just my opinion and I always carry it with me during archery season just cause you never know what the bull is going to like and go crazy for.
10-02-2010, 12:45 AM
#26
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
A professional elk guide asking about diaphrams(replied to your other thread)???? Not thinking about using a squeeze call in combo???? That's how i used the HM. Now I just stick to diaphrams and can herd talk without switching.
10-05-2010, 01:42 PM
#27
Spike
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Northern BC, Canada
Posts: 47
Well there you go from the experts mouth i guess... I cant argue with the online warriors they have much more time than i do!! The HM call that we have used works great at getting bulls attention and even bringing them in, it has even stopped and turned them when they were taking off. I have used the mouth calls, and I still do, but everything in time and place, and HM call has always been a performer for me...
10-05-2010, 01:48 PM
#28
Spike
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Northern BC, Canada
Posts: 47
I am not trying to be an a-hole when I ask this but is this your first year guiding?
Because I honestly can't believe that a professional elk guide has never tried a hoochie mama in the several years that it has been on stores shelves, has never used multiple calls in conjunction with each other to sound like multiple elk, and a professional guide would be relying on "cabelas reviews" to determine if he should use a call or not with paying clients.
Seems to me that a guide would want to have this all figured out before he used a clients paid hunt as a guinea pig.
I know if I were a paying client I would want my guide to know what calls work and what calls don't seem to produce the results (bulls) on a regular basis.
Just sayin ya might want to think about it.
Because I honestly can't believe that a professional elk guide has never tried a hoochie mama in the several years that it has been on stores shelves, has never used multiple calls in conjunction with each other to sound like multiple elk, and a professional guide would be relying on "cabelas reviews" to determine if he should use a call or not with paying clients.
Seems to me that a guide would want to have this all figured out before he used a clients paid hunt as a guinea pig.
I know if I were a paying client I would want my guide to know what calls work and what calls don't seem to produce the results (bulls) on a regular basis.
Just sayin ya might want to think about it.
10-07-2010, 07:43 PM
#30
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
Come back to apologize didn't mean to sound gruff. So many hunters are going into the woods calling all day long walking around with a call stuck in their mouth tooting it like a boy with his first whistle. In a lot of area's I think calls are overused and abused. I've seen hunters calling in an open field and then talking afterwards. Insanity I tell ya. I've called in my fair share of elk but over the last ten years I've just shut my call up and went to the elk with a lot better results. Being in a OTC unit elk have became very wise to calling. The best thing still going is a reed if you can manage it. Plus it's hands free.
A lot of hunters should have someone audio tape them. I've heard a lot of elephants in the woods lately.
A lot of hunters should have someone audio tape them. I've heard a lot of elephants in the woods lately.